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Country name 2007 2008 2009 2010
Afghanistan
Albania 12.2 13.5 15.9
Algeria 18.4 10.1 18.1 20.0
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina 10.9 9.7 9.8
Armenia 35.0
Aruba 6.5
Australia 4.8 4.6 5.4 5.4
Austria 5.0 4.1 4.5 4.2
Azerbaijan 5.3 4.9 6.9
Bahamas, The 9.1 9.7 14.0
Bahrain
Bangladesh 7.4
Barbados 8.5 9.4
Belarus
Belgium 8.4 7.6 8.1 8.5
Belize 13.0
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan 5.3
Bolivia 6.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 33.7 27.1 25.7 30.0
Botswana
Brazil 10.8 9.6 11.0
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria 7.3 5.8 6.6 9.5
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia 1.8
Cameroon 3.3
Canada 5.6 5.6 7.0 7.2
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands 4.2 4.1
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile 8.6 9.5 10.7 9.6
China
Colombia 15.5 17.8 15.7 15.0
Comoros
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Congo, Rep.
Costa Rica 6.8 6.2 9.9
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia 11.1 10.0 10.3 12.2
Cuba 1.9 2.0
Curacao
Cyprus 4.6 4.3 5.5 6.4
Czech Republic 6.7 5.6 7.7 8.5
Denmark 4.2 3.7 5.4 6.6
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic 25.4 22.8 23.2 21.4
Ecuador 7.6 9.6 8.4
Egypt, Arab Rep. 18.7 19.2 22.9
El Salvador 3.7 3.6 4.9
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia 3.9 5.3 10.6 14.3
Ethiopia 29.9
Faeroe Islands
Fiji 12.9
Finland 7.3 6.7 7.5 7.7
France 8.6 7.9 9.4 9.7
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia, The
Georgia 12.6 16.1
Germany 8.8 7.7 7.3 6.6
Ghana
Greece 12.8 11.4 13.1 16.2
Greenland
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras 2.9
Hong Kong SAR, China 3.4 3.0 4.3
Hungary 7.7 8.1 9.7 10.7
Iceland 2.3 2.6 5.7 6.7
India
Indonesia 10.8 9.7 8.5 8.7
Iran, Islamic Rep. 15.9 16.8
Iraq
Ireland 4.2 4.6 7.9 9.5
Isle of Man
Israel 7.9 6.5 7.5 6.5
Italy 7.9 8.5 9.3 9.7
Jamaica 14.3 14.6 14.8
Japan 3.7 3.8 4.7 4.5
Jordan 25.9 24.3 24.1
Kazakhstan 8.7 7.9 7.5
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Dem. Rep.
Korea, Rep. 2.6 2.6 3.0 3.3
Kosovo 55.2 59.6 56.4
Kuwait
Kyrgyz Republic 9.0 9.4
Lao PDR
Latvia 5.6 6.9 13.9 15.7
Lebanon 10.1
Lesotho 28.0
Liberia 4.2 4.1
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania 4.3 5.6 10.4 14.4
Luxembourg 4.7 6.0 6.1 5.1
Macao SAR, China 2.7 2.8 2.8
Macedonia, FYR 35.5 34.2 32.8 32.2
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia 3.4 3.7 3.8
Maldives
Mali
Malta 7.6 6.8 7.5 7.1
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius 14.4 12.6 12.3 12.8
Mayotte
Mexico 3.7 3.9 4.8 5.3
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Moldova 3.9 3.4 4.9
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco 8.4 9.8 10.5
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia 43.0
Nepal 2.4
Netherlands 3.6 3.0 3.5 4.5
New Caledonia
New Zealand 4.0 4.2 6.1 6.8
Nicaragua 5.1
Niger
Nigeria
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway 2.5 2.4 2.6 3.0
Oman
Pakistan 8.6 8.7
Palau
Panama 8.6 7.5 8.9 8.5
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay 7.6 7.5
Peru 8.7 8.4 8.8
Philippines 7.1 7.1 7.4 6.9
Poland 10.3 7.9 8.7 10.0
Portugal 9.6 8.8 10.1 11.9
Puerto Rico 9.5 9.8 11.6
Qatar 2.6
Romania 5.4 4.7 5.8 6.5
Russian Federation 5.8 6.1 7.8 6.9
Rwanda
Samoa
San Marino 4.5
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia 13.2 13.0 15.9
Senegal
Serbia 21.0 15.8 18.4 20.2
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore 4.3 4.4 6.5
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovak Republic 12.5 11.0 12.9 14.6
Slovenia 5.8 4.8 5.8 7.0
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa 26.6 26.3 25.9
South Sudan
Spain 10.9 13.0 18.4 20.5
Sri Lanka 9.0 8.0 8.6 7.7
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia 18.5
St. Martin (French part)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden 6.4 6.3 8.0 8.2
Switzerland 4.5 4.0 4.5 4.8
Syrian Arab Republic 25.7 24.2 22.3 22.5
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand 1.1 1.0 1.1
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago 7.9 6.2
Tunisia
Turkey 11.0 11.6 14.3 13.0
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda 5.1
Ukraine 6.0 6.1
United Arab Emirates 12.0
United Kingdom 4.9 4.7 6.4 6.7
United States 4.5 5.4 8.1 8.6
Uruguay 12.4 10.1 9.7
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu 5.2
Venezuela, RB 8.1 7.4 8.1
Vietnam
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
West Bank and Gaza 19.0 23.8 38.6
Yemen, Rep. 41.5 40.9
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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